
...17th Congress. The new law raised the cigarette tax per pack to PHP 45.00 (USD 0.88) in 2020, with an annual increase of PHP 5.00 until it reaches PHP 60.00...

Second edition of MBEI tool shows progress in governance for private sector development Today, The Asia Foundation released the Myanmar Business Environment Index 2020 (MBEI). The MBEI 2020, funded by...

...MBEI has some important differences and advantages compared to other international indices. The World Bank’s Doing Business study, for example, indexes Myanmar against other countries, while the MBEI indexes Myanmar’s...

...domestic rice farmers compete with the imported rice. A total of PHP 10 billion per year is earmarked for RCEF. It will aid farmers with mechanization, seed distribution, credit assistance,...

...foster greater awareness and action on resilience building in Vietnam. We also believe that lessons from developing the Vietnam City Resilience Index will be valuable as a guide to other...

...Environment Index (MBEI) project, The Asia Foundation conducted two surveys of 750 businesses to see what kind of impact Covid-19 is having on them. The first one was conducted in...

The Asia Foundation initiated the first ever Myanmar Business Environment Index (MBEI) in 2018, surveying 4,874 Myanmar businesses in the service and manufacturing industries across the country and gathering a...

To address the issue of lack of safety in public spaces and fear that women and girls face in them—a tool to assess and measure the quality of built environment...

Findings from the 2019 Myanmar Business Environment Index In 2019, The Asia Foundation released the first ever Myanmar Business Environment Index (MBEI). This wealth of data provided an opportunity for...

...of the last decade. The 2023 report ranked Nepal 62nd of 179 countries on their Liberal Democracy Index. This progress can mainly be attributed to changes in the electoral process,...

...are only deals” (Lant Pritchett) Lant Pritchett (Photo: Development Policy Centre) In his keynote presentation, development economist Lant Pritchett challenged an assertion of the World Bank’s Doing Business Index that...

...Sri Lanka, which ranked 81st out of 175 countries in 2020’s National Cyber Security Index, scoring especially low in protection for digital and essential services, the program aims to reach...

...the Philippines, and Thailand all showing significant declines on Freedom House’s scoring index. Recounting the ballots in the Jakarta governor’s election of 2017. The rancorous election was marked by intense...

...confidence and encourage investment, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Mexico’s CADENA program, for example, showed that weather-indexed insurance not only helps to compensate for drought losses, but also increases the productivity of...

...are working to preserve its natural beauty and protect the environment, and the Island Council is one of the top-scoring island councils in the Local Government Authority’s performance index. AARU...

Myanmar Times cites data from The Asia Foundation’s latest national survey, Myanmar Business Environment Index: Covid-19 Impact on Business, assessing the pandemics impact on businesses across the country. A nationwide...

...launches: Where Is the Money for Women and Girls in the Pacific, The Asia Girls’ Leadership Index, Pacific Perspectives on the World, and Priorities for Australia’s Humanitarian Action. Jonathan-Glennie Fifty-eight...

...index among 15 comparable countries. The new government’s investments in health, education, social protection, and skills development in 2024 will be prominent topics of policy debate. Expect the government to...